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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates (right) listens to a reporter's question during a press conference with Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Edmund Giambastiani, U.S. Navy, (left) following a tour of Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 23, 2007. Gates and Giambastiani toured the facilities and met with some wounded troops being treated there.

Secretary Gates listens to a reporter's question.

Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates (right) listens to a reporter's question during a press conference with Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Edmund Giambastiani, U.S. Navy, (left) following a tour of Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 23, 2007. Gates and Giambastiani toured the facilities and met with some wounded troops being treated there.

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